Blumea laciniata (Roxb.) DC. |
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Botanical Name |
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Blumea laciniata (Roxb.) DC. |
English
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Cutleaf false oxtongue |
Synonym(s) |
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Conyza laciniata Roxb. |
Family |
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Asteraceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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Malodorous herbs 2-18 dm tall from a taproot; stems erect to ascending, usually branched from the base, glabrate to pilose. Leaves oblanceolate, obovate to elliptic in outline, sometimes lyrate, 4.5-36.5 cm long, 0.8-21 cm wide, the lower ones pinnately lobed, sometimes with a large terminal lobe, becoming progressively less lobed above, margins irregularly dentate, the lower ones petiolate, petioles 1-6 cm long, sessile above. Heads in large, terminal, open panicles; involucral bracts often purple-tinged, reflexed at maturity, 1-8 mm long, pilose; receptacle sparsely pilose; corollas yellow, those of perfect florets 5-lobed, 4-5 mm long, those of marginal pistillate florets 2-3-lobed, 3.5-4.5 mm long. Achenes brown, ribbed, ca. 4 mm long |
| Herb Effects |
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Hypothermic (plant) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Lupeol and its acetate, a-amyrin, campesterol and beta-sitosterol (root and its bark); polyacetylenes (plant). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Lupeol |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C30H50O |
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| Alpha-Amyrin |
638-95-9 |
4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,12,1
4b-octamethyl-2,3,4a
,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,
12a,14,14a
-tetradecahydro-1H-p
icen-3-ol |
C30H50O |
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| Campesterol |
474-62-4 |
17-(5,6-dimethylhept
an-2-yl)-10,13-dimet
hyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,1
2,14,15,16
,17-dode
cahydro-1H-cyclopent
a[a]phenanthren-3-ol |
C28H48O |
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| Beta-sitosterol |
5779-62-4 |
17-(5-ethyl-6-methyl
-heptan-2-yl)-10,13-
dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9
,11,12,14, |
C29H50O |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Mouth diseases of cattle, eczema and skin diseases (plant) |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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